Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Uluwatu - Monkeys a Blaze

For our last day in Sanur, our friendly Javanese driver, Indra, took us to see the Hindu temples  in Uluwatu, which overlook the Indian Ocean.





These temples are from around the 15th century and are inhabited by some very as Indra put it, "naughty monkeys."
Our driver, Indra

So naughty in fact that Indra brought a stick with him...

Naughty Monkey


While there we also took in the Kecac Firedance, which tells the story of the Hindu gods Sitka and the Monkey God who saved her. (I am sure there is way more to this story....) But it was great to watch. As a bonus we were able to take in our very first sunset over the Indian Ocean, which was quite amazing in itself. 




Did I mention that they try to set the monkey god on fire?



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